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Aldose vs Allose - What's the difference?

aldose | allose |

As nouns the difference between aldose and allose

is that aldose is (organic chemistry|carbohydrate) any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group while allose is (biochemistry) an epimer of glucose found in some african shrubs.

aldose

English

(wikipedia aldose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, carbohydrate) Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.

    • See also

    * ketose

    allose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia allose) (-)
  • (biochemistry) An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs